First Law of Thermodynamics · Thermodynamics · GATE ME
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GATE ME 2022 Set 2
Consider 1 kg of an ideal gas at 1 bar and 300 K contained in a rigid and perfectly insulated container. The specific heat of the gas at constant volu...
GATE ME 2017 Set 1
Water (density $$ = 1000$$ $$kg/{m^3}$$) at ambient temperature flows through a horizontal pipe of uniform cross section at the rate of $$1$$ $$kg/s.$...
GATE ME 2004
A gas contained in a cylinder is compressed, the work required for compression being $$5000$$ $$kJ.$$ During the process, heat interaction of $$200$$ ...
GATE ME 2003
A $$2$$ $$kW,$$ $$40$$ liter water heater is switched on for $$20$$ minutes. The heat capacity $${C_p}$$ for water is $$4.2$$ $$kJ/kg$$ $$K.$$ Assumin...
GATE ME 2000
A steam turbine receives steam steadily at $$10$$ $$bar$$ with an enthalpy of $$3000$$ $$kJ/kg$$ and discharges at $$1$$ bar with an enthalpy of $$270...
GATE ME 1999
A steel ball of mass $$1$$ $$kg$$ and specific heat $$0.4$$ $$kJ/kg$$ is at temperature of $${60^ \circ }C.$$ It is dropped into $$1$$ $$kg$$ water at...
GATE ME 1993
The first law of thermodynamics takes the form $$W = - \Delta \,H$$ when applied to :
Marks 2
GATE ME 2023
Which one of the following statements is FALSE?
GATE ME 2023
Consider a fully adiabatic piston-cylinder arrangement as shown in the figure. The piston is massless and cross-sectional area of the cylinder is 𝐴. ...
GATE ME 2022 Set 2
A rigid tank of volume of 8 m3 is being filled up with air from a pipeline connected through a valve. Initially the valve is closed and the tank is as...
GATE ME 2022 Set 1
An engine running on an air standard Otto cycle has a displacement volume 250 cm3 and a clearance volume 35.7 cm3. The pressure and temperature at the...
GATE ME 2017 Set 2
A calorically perfect gas (specific heat at constant pressure $$1000$$$$J/kg.K$$) enters and leaves a gas turbine with the same velocity. The temperat...
GATE ME 2017 Set 1
One $$kg$$ of an ideal gas (gas constant, $$R = 400$$ $$J/kg.K;$$ specific heat at constant volume, $${c_v} = 1000\,J/kg.K$$ at $$1$$ bar, and $$300$$...
GATE ME 2016 Set 2
A piston-cylinder device initially contains $$0.4\,{m^3}$$ of air (to be treated as an ideal gas) at $$100$$ $$kPa$$ and $${80^ \circ }C.$$ The air is...
GATE ME 2016 Set 3
Steam at an initial enthalpy of $$100$$ $$kJ/kg$$ and inlet velocity of $$100$$ $$m/s,$$ enters an insulated horizontal nozzle. It leaves the nozzle a...
GATE ME 2015 Set 2
Work is done on an adiabatic system due to which its velocity changes from $$10$$ $$m/s$$ to $$20$$ $$m/s,$$ elevation increases by $$20$$ $$m$$ and t...
GATE ME 2015 Set 1
A well insulated rigid container of volume $$1{m^3}$$ contains $$1.0$$ $$kg$$ of an ideal gas $$\left[ {{C_p} =1000\,\,\,J/\left( {kg.K} \right)} \rig...
GATE ME 2013
Specific enthalpy and velocity of steam at inlet and exit of a steam turbine, running under steady state, are as given below:
The rate of heat loss...
GATE ME 2012
Air enters an adiabatic nozzle at $$300$$ $$kPa,$$ $$500$$ $$K$$ with a velocity of $$10$$ $$m/s.$$ It leaves the nozzle at $$100$$ $$kPa$$ with a vel...
GATE ME 2012
Steam enters an adiabatic turbine operating at steady state with an enthalpy of $$3251.0kJ/kg$$ and leaves as a saturated mixture at $$15$$ $$kPa$$ wi...
GATE ME 2012
Air enters an adiabatic nozzle at $$300$$ $$kPa,$$ $$500$$ $$K$$ with a velocity of $$10$$ $$m/s.$$ It leaves the nozzle at $$100$$ $$kPa$$ with a vel...
GATE ME 2011
The temperature and pressure of air in a large reservoir are $$400$$ $$K$$ and $$3$$ bar respectively. A converging diverging nozzle of exit area $$0....
GATE ME 2011
The temperature and pressure of air in a large reservoir are $$400$$ $$K$$ and $$3$$ bar respectively. A converging diverging nozzle of exit area $$0....
GATE ME 2008
A balloon containing an ideal gas is initially kept in an evacuated and insulated room. The balloon ruptures and the gas fills up the entire room. Whi...
GATE ME 2008
A rigid, insulated tank is initially evacuated. The tank is connected with a supply line through which air ( assumed to be ideal gas with constant spe...
GATE ME 2002
What is the speed of sound in Neon gas at a temperature of $$500$$ $$K$$ (Gas constant of Neon is $$0.4210$$ $$kJ/kg$$-$$K$$)?
GATE ME 2001
A small steam whistle (perfectly insulated and doing no shaft work) causes a drop of $$0.8$$ $$kJ/kg$$ in the enthalpy of steam from entry to exit. If...
GATE ME 2000
When an ideal gas with constant specific heats is throttled adiabatically, with negligible changes in kinetic and potential energies
GATE ME 1993
A rigid insulated cylinder has two compartments separated by a thin membrane. While one compartment contains one kmol nitrogen at a certain pressure a...
Marks 5
GATE ME 2000
A certain mass of a pure substance undergoes an irreversible process from state $$1$$ to state $$2,$$ the path of the process being a straight line on...
GATE ME 1997
Air enters a frictionless adiabatic converging nozzle at $$10$$ bar, $$500$$ $$K$$ with negligible velocity. The nozzle dis-charges to a region at $$2...